Students in the Agroecology Summer Intensive 2016 visiting the DeCamp Gardens, Albion, Ind. The summer of 2016 at Merry Lea was exciting for the students and Goshen College staff participating in the Agroecology Summer Intensive (ASI). The cohort of ASI students experienced an abundance…
It’s hard to believe that just a few weeks ago we played broomball over lunch break. Walking back from the frozen wetland, I heard a black-capped chickadee call out the famous “fee-bee,” the notes a whole step apart and clear as a bell. With the limited snow and warmer temperatures this year, it…
At the start of the month, Merry Lea Sustainable Farm successfully delivered its tenth week of vegetables, herbs, and value-added products to the ten households participating in our fall community supported agriculture (CSA) program. Since the program began in late August, the fields continued yielding salad mix, broccoli, beets, turnips,…
